The acting was fair to OK. The story/script was fair/OK (interesting,
but maybe a little to detailed and over-thought, which COULD be OK or
great).

But the direction and production of this just blew any "watchability"
elements apart. What was reoccurring themes got lost in the convoluted
mishmash of the director over emphasizing things that didn't matter,
and letting things that do matter just slip right past. Then throwing
in totally unneeded special effects that added nothing, and actually
detracted from the ability to get into the story. On and on and on,
ever 10 minutes part of me went "ok, I get why the actor played it that
way, but why did they shoot the scene like that, and edit it that way,
it might has well of been a live play on stage..."

If you can see past the horrible production of this movie, there is
some decent acting and an interesting story underneath. But, to be
honest, it's SO difficult to see because of the horrible production, I
couldn't recommend ANYONE try to watch this movie (unless you are only
doing so to get horror movie story ideas and see if the actors in it
are any good).

It doesn't suck, but lot's of "things" without "action", 1 December 2014

I don't like to dis a movie that so many people obviously worked so
hard on. The script, story, cinematography, aren't amateur hour, this
movie was something that was worked on in excess, obviously.

But, somehow, the story had this happen and that happened, to the point
that the writers over wrote the subplots (which weren't very good) to
the point that the main plot was so secondary and anti-climactic that
it was boring.

Acting wasn't bad, but they had nothing to work with, where were the
characters going, what was their struggle, what was their victory?
EMPTY.

It made me feel like it was never going to end, and never going
anywhere. I just watched the time pass going REALLY? It's still only
part way through?

The best I can say, is if you are a Walking Dead fan, and desperate for
a halfway tolerable fix of killing undead like things and surviving, it
might be something to pass the time. And, OMG, does it waste a couple
hours.

1 out of 2 people found the following review useful:Big Stars can still add up lame movies, 11 October 2013

Other than the David Rasche and Robin Williams cameos (which were
actually very funny) the rest of this movie was so cliché and boring, I
would never recommend anyone watch it. This is just rehash of the most
boring plots with bad jokes that was barely even watchable. It wasn't
even saved by the great cast and decent cinematography, it was just a
flop of a comic attempt with a boring script.

Adding lines to the story, like they did, doesn't make it good. Much
like how I have to add these lines to the review to get it over the
limit to be accepted. It's so boring and repetitive with the same bad
ideas, and goes on and on.

4 out of 32 people found the following review useful:Australian Adult Version of Sesame Street, 10 August 2013

The basics of the stories are good. The conflicts are real world. The
stories worth telling. But then, the characters are not realistic or
deep, they are 1 dimensional. The stories are obvious, and not at all
entertaining or interesting enough for an intelligent adult to watch.

The show honestly reminds me of the American PBS TV show Sesame Street.
Here's why: A) It's trying really hard to somehow teach a life lesson.
B) The characters are easy enough for a 5 year old because they are
shallow with all the shallow stereotypic details flushed out, have only
1 dimension (ethnic and racist, cliché problems, ranging from overt,
obnoxious and obvious to just boring variations on stereotypical person
trying to breaking a stereotype) with no complex conflicting motivation
who do exactly what you expect, and if your lucky "learn" they were
wrong. C) wow, wish there even was a C, but the show doesn't have that
much depth

I wish I could say this is just an updated version of the 1971 All In
The Family (updated only by including more than just black/white in
race and more issues). But it's not even that, because it falls flat on
drama and humor. It's just Sesame Street for adults with flat boring
predictable characters telling childishly simple stories to attempt to
teach a lesson.

The acting, production, camera work, and most elements range from
average to really impressive. But the writing and plots are so
simplistic, obvious, and trivial, it is shocking anyone could get a
paycheck from "writing" these stories.

2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:Epic Information, Epic Fail Telling the Story, 20 July 2013

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I wanted to like this documentary, because it was a great topic (the
city) and it really pulled up a lot or research, interviews, footage,
and history. It has a title that tells a story in itself, and it is
about a city with a story to tell. And, any scene taken in isolation
seems really good. It's how it was put together that is a mess.

And wow, what a mess this documentary is (there is not polite word for
it) it is a cluster#**k of a story. They took some decent narratives by
the people they interviewed, and dropped completely random footage,
music, and history over the top of it in no order what-so-ever.

If there is any "order" to this mess, it is "things were good, it's bad
now. Things were bad, it's bad now. Things were good, it's bad now." If
ending with "it's bad now" tells a story, I guess? But, they told this
story so horribly, they jumped right from "Paris of the Midwest" to
"race riots" to "high center of fashion in the US and children safe an
no one had to watch them" without ANY transitions Just giving extreme
examples of raising wages of American workers, to race tension, to WWII
hero's, to violent race issues (again), to cultural melting pot, to
poverty, back to beacon of culture, with no transitions or reasons,
over and over. Dramatic? YES. Reasonable explanations? No.

Sure, Detroit's history is complex. But if this documentary explains
it, it's in a way that says "on Monday, Wednesdays, and Friday, Detroit
is wealthy, happy, safe, and booming, but on Tuesday and Thursday they
are violent and irrational. Oh, but on weekends they were poor but
friendly. See how easy it is to understand?" ? WHAT?

The documentary does document some of the more epic moments of
Detroit's history, but they are pulled so out of context, and mixed up
in the weird blender of this director and producer that it's just
almost pointless to even watch.

1 out of 4 people found the following review useful:It's OK for a Netflix Cue but not worth a Ticket, 28 December 2012

While this movie at it's heart is funny, and probably in it's original
script, has some humor, the movie itself falls very flat.

It doesn't suck, but it's not good. It's partly the acting. But I would
blame as much the editing and production. The pace of the whole thing
was slow.

It's this slow roll of a joke about how the girls think (and the bad
accents only make it WORSE with slow rolling, and would be funny if it
was quick and witty). But it's missing the comic timing. It's missing
the character building drama scenes in between the pointed comic
moments.

I wanted to blame how it was adapted, but sadly the screenwriter is the
director. As a story, it could have been funny. As produced and
directed, it's just not living up to the potential comedy that is in
the story. The script needed a rewrite and a good producer/director.
For example "character development" could be replaced by a thesaurus...
and this is rubbish. Bad accents and a thesaurus don't make for good
character development. A good character may have an excellent
vocabulary, but a great vocabulary does not make good character
development.

The premise was funny, really funny. That's the only thing that carries
this thing to a 5 out of 10 for me (middle of the road, never recommend
it to someone).

2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:OK Horror movie, unless you want an "ENDING" (SPOILERS), 2 December 2012

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

OK, I have to say, for a horror, it started out bad indie, and got
better, and better, and better. They squashed a lot of horror cliché
stuff, and made you wonder and get a little scared.... But.. then...

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER ALERT - STOP READING NOW IF YOU WANT TO NOT
KNOW HOW IT ENDS!!!

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER ALERT - STOP READING NOW IF YOU WANT TO NOT
KNOW HOW IT ENDS!!!

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER ALERT - STOP READING NOW IF YOU WANT TO NOT
KNOW HOW IT ENDS!!!

K, now that you are hear... OK, the first part set you up for a good
horror movie, and you expected something, or thought "here comes the
twist" and then it will be cool. But it didn't.

In the end, it went to an almost David Lynch style "surreal" WTF?
level, but not as stylistically, and then ended with, "we are not going
to throw this CRAZY bit in at then end that won't wrap up anything, and
just tie up all the loose ends with a "well if something this weird
happened, why not have people experience crazy stuff" (as the Title
sort of gives away).

Really, WEAK story. I was so disappointed by the ending. Just, "really,
so it was THAT? OK, well, it explains nonsense, but not in a "cool"
way, just a "oh, yea, guess goofy stuff that happened can be explained
away with a 'wave of the hand' now in a WEAK way."

Not a bad thriller/horror, really. About average. But the ending, just
made every effort in the first half pointless. And then I think how the
first 20 minutes were really bad low budget indie style, where the
"payoff" makes you forgive the bad acting/editing/style... and... there
was no payoff.

0 out of 2 people found the following review useful:Campy Serial Killer & Sidekick Buddy Movie? Uh... OK...?, 4 August 2012

From a man who made a name for himself staring in the worst B-Movies of
the 80's, comes a writing/directing masterpiece worthy of B-Movie fame.

Fast facts, it starts out B-Movie bad, where you think to yourself "I
might have just a little to high of an IQ to find this kind of thing
funny," but wait for it, it gets better and better as it goes on.
Second quick fact, this movie will be "great" for about 2 more years,
maybe... Then all the references and social commentary will be lost and
it will just reach B-Movie average. But for now, it's funny.

So, it's not as timeless as Evil Dead, and it's not as stupid campy as
old Police Academy. But, while it's relevant, it is one of the better
B-Movies out today.

Or, to go all old-school MovieFone on you, (in deep voice-over
narrative) "Bobcat Goldthwait redeemed his horrible B-Movie 80's
persona by writing and directing this movie. It's top shelf B-Movie if
you make it all the way to the last line of the movie which almost
brings a tear to your eye (not sure if it's from melancholy or
hysterical stupidity at that point, but) Sadly, God Bless America,
even with it's extremely high ratings and reviews, is going to have a
SHORT shelf-life because of it's soon to be dated pop culture
references."

4 out of 4 people found the following review useful:So bad I loved it..., 4 August 2012

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

OK, first off, it's a movie called Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies. If you
really expected something serious or good, the title was warning
enough.

I guess I was just in the mood for some stupidity. I gave it a 3 of 10,
but I have to say, even though it was bad, there were moments I really
did laugh out loud. For example, when the little kid is sitting on Abe
Lincoln's shoulders and telling him to move left and right so he can
shoot zombies on the other side of a brick wall that Lincoln can't see
over... Hysterical. The kid's shooting a big old musket, and there is
no smoke, no recoil, and he never has to reload it! Just BANG, BANG,
BANG... Dead Zombies.

To me, that embodied the whole movie. If you can look past such obvious
problems with having reality get in the way of the movie, you might get
a good laugh out of it. I mean, after all, it is a zombie movie...

There are two types of zombie movies in my book, the ones where you go
"ok, here's the crazy scenario that you might have to face zombies"
(like I Am Legend or 28 Days Later), and then there is the "who the
heck cares, it's a Zombie movie, let's get goofy." This is the ladder,
and as such, it's funny as heck.

But, even for the ladder, it does move a little slow, it's no
Zombieland... So, I give it a 3.

1 out of 2 people found the following review useful:Watch ANY other Brittnay Murphy Film, PLEASE..., 2 July 2012

Oh Brittany Murphy, the only excuse for this I can think of is that you
knew you were about to die, and wanted to get one last paycheck to
leave to your family. I know that sounds like an absolutely horrible
thing to say, but she had done some decent acting in her life, and this
isn't a swan song.

I feel horrible about writing a bad review, knowing it was maybe her
last film. But, the acting is bad, the plot is laughable, and it's
almost as though the producers of this film didn't even want to spend a
dime to research a single scientific element of this film with even a
high school kid who passed earth science.

The only thing I can say is, don't watch this. Honor the career of the
actress by watching something better she did like Sin City, or 8 Mile
(or even Just Married). Don't watch this. It's not only a bad movie,
it's an embarrassment to a fairly decent actress.